Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said Usman and Shamshad were arrested from Mewat area of Haryana during a raid on Wednesday night. Shahid, the third culprit, surrendered in a Faridabad court in a cow-slaughter case.

The other two, Kamroo and Iqbal, were absconding, said Gupta, adding that all the five men had criminal backgrounds and some of them were even wanted in other rape cases.

DCP (South) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said the vehicle used to abduct the BPO employee was seized from a village in Mewat and bore the same features pointed out by the victim. The vehicle has been sent for forensic tests, he said.

Gupta informed that 300 policemen, led by Dhaliwal, took part in the investigation.

"Around 6,000 tempo-like vehicles were checked in Mangolpuri, Azadpur Mandi and other areas of Delhi. We also tracked criminals released from prison in and around Delhi," he said.

Calling this an "almost blind" case, the police chief praised the victim for giving full cooperation.

Dhaliwal said his team tracked Mewat-based criminal gangs known to strike in Delhi and narrowed down the culprits to three groups.

"The rapists had struck at the spur of the moment, having seen the BPO worker being dropped by her office cab at a lonely stretch on the Ring Road," he said.

The woman was abducted from Dhaula Kuan on November 24, raped and dumped in Mongolpuri.

Gupta said Shahid had surrendered to dodge the police. "We will get him through a production warrant," he said.

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